Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.

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.

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