We live merely on the crust or rind of things.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.