Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear?
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.