True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Mystery and innocence are not akin.

Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.

Ministers who threaten death and destruction employ weapons of weakness. Argument and kindness are alone effectual, flavored by the principles of Divine love.

It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born within every man the germs of both virtue and vice. The development of one or the other is contingent upon circumstances.