The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own