A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.

Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.

Strange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon crimes yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon Himself; and finally with altogether divine obtuseness, invites this poor, abused slave to worship Him!

Talent without work is useless, thank God

You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths (orthodoxy) to destroy it.

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all.