It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

Honesty is a warrant of far more safety than fame.

He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis cannot stand; faith is the foundation, and every good action is as a stone laid.