Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.

Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

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.

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

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