A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.

The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.