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.

Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.