Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

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

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

There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.

Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.

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

Some persons are exaggerators by temperament. They do not mean untruth, but their feelings are strong, and their imaginations vivid, so that their statements are largely discounted by those of calm judgment and cooler temperament. They do not realize that we always weaken what we exaggerate.