Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

Ah, my friend, that is the only true church organization, when heads and hearts unite in working for the welfare of the human race!

Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Avoid the necessity of a physician, if you can, by careful attention to your diet. Eat what best agrees with your system, and resolutely abstain from what hurts you, however well you may like it. A few days' abstinence, and cold water for a beverage, has driven off many an approaching disease.

In the first place, the government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences of citizens. A man has at least as good a right to choose his wife, as he has to choose his religion. His taste may not suit his neighbors; but so long as his deportment is correct, they have no right to interfere with his concerns.

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.