Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.
Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.