To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin

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

Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.