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

Self-respect is the best of all.

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

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

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of His providence; for the Lord will not cast off forever, but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

The eye is inlet to the soul.