Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold.

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

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.