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

Let your holidays be associated with great public events, and they may be the life of patriotism as well as a source of relaxation and personal employment.

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

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

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.

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