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

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

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth.

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