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

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.

We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

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.