You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.

The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.