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

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.

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

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.