Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

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

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

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