Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.