Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
Error is always more busy than truth.
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
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.
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.