He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months.

As hardly anything can accidentally touch the soft clay without stamping its mark on it, so hardly any reading can interest a child, without contributing in some degree, though the book itself be afterwards totally forgotten, to form the character.

The depreciation of Christianity by indifference is a more insidious and less curable evil than infidelity itself.

It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are not unfrequently as much underrated by some as overrated by others.

When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages.