It 's wiser being good than bad; It 's safer being meek than fierce; It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched; That after Last returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched.

Since there my past life lies, why alter it?

Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.

My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made.

Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.