Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.
Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.
The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.