Anger requires that the offender should not only be made to grieve in his turn, but to grieve for that particular wrong which has been done by him.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.

One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.