Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

Mystery and innocence are not akin.

Rage is mental imbecility.

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.