The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.

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.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.