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.

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.

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.