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

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

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

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

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.