Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

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

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.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.