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

This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.

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

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.