Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

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

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.

Hatred is self-punishment.

It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.