A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself.

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.