Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?

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.

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

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

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

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.

To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.