Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
J. G. HollandThe person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
J. G. HollandLaws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.
J. G. HollandGossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by the most thorough culture relieve themselves from all temptation to indulge in it. It is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are country neighborhoods in which it rages like a pest. Churches are split in pieces by it. Neighbors are made enemies by it for life. In many persons it degenerates into a chronic disease, which is practically incurable. Let the young cure it while they may.
J. G. Holland