All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

Error is always more busy than truth.

There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.