Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.

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

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.