How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!

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

I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

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

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

Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.