A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Hosea BallouToo many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
Hosea BallouThe cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
Hosea Ballou