It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Society is built upon trust.

Pain is an outcry of sin.

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.

A true friend is the gift of God, and He only who made hearts can unite them.