Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

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

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.

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.

The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

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

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.