Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.
True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.