A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its character is that of mercy, it has the image of Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.

Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.

The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.