I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.

Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.