No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

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

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

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

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

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.