Human improvement is from within outward.

Human improvement is from within outward.

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.

Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

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.