Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.

True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.

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