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

There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.

True repentance always involves reform.

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

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.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.