To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.

There is no possible excuse for a guarded lie. Enthusiastic and impulsive people will sometimes falsify thoughtlessly, but equivocation is malice prepense.

Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.

Self-respect is the best of all.

A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.

The law of heaven is love.

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.