Do what you should, not what you may.

He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.