Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.
Hosea BallouFolly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.
Hosea BallouThere is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.
Hosea BallouI have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.
Hosea Ballou