Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

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

To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.

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

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.

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

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.