Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

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

Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.