As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.

Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice; but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

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