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

Piety and morality are but the same spirit differently manifested. Piety is religion with its face toward God; morality is religion with its face toward the world.

The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

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

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.