No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.

A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

Self-respect is the best of all.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.