It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born within every man the germs of both virtue and vice. The development of one or the other is contingent upon circumstances.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.

The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.

With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.

It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.