If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.
Hosea BallouA single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Hosea BallouThere is no possible excuse for a guarded lie. Enthusiastic and impulsive people will sometimes falsify thoughtlessly, but equivocation is malice prepense.
Hosea Ballou