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

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

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

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.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.