Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

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

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth.

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