A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Now you say, alas! Christianity is hard; I grant it; but gainful and happy. I contemn the difficulty when I respect the advantage. The greatest labors that have answerable requitals are less than the least that have no regard. Believe me, when I look to the reward, I would not have the work easier. It is a good Master whom we serve, who not only pays, but gives; not after the proportion of our earnings, but of His own mercy.

...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge.