It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.

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

The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.

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.

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

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

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.