There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time.

The true one of youth's love, proving a faithful helpmate in those years when the dream of life is over, and we live in its realities.

By writing much, one learns to write well.

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory

There is no security in a good disposition if the support of good principles--that is to say, of religion, of Christian faith--be wanting. It may be soured by misfortune, it may be corrupted by wealth, it may be blighted by neediness, it may lose all its original brightness, if destitute of that support.

Few people give themselves time to be friends.

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.