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

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.