We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.

All we see and admire today will burn in the universal fire that ushers in a new, just, happy world.

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult