It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.

I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain.

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.

There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.