Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.

Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

Let your holidays be associated with great public events, and they may be the life of patriotism as well as a source of relaxation and personal employment.

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin

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

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.