Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Aristotle was but a wreck of an Adam, and Athens but the rubbish of an Eden. How completely sin has defaced the divine image in man! That man has lost his righteousness and happiness is clearly evident as we look at the state of the world today!

It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.

Society is built upon trust.

He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.