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

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Justice without wisdom is impossible.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.