A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.

Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

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

Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.

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

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.