Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.

True repentance also involves reform.

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

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.

It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.

The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.