Hatred is self-punishment.

To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.

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

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.

A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.

Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.