Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.

Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.

Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.