The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny

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

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

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