Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

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.

True art is reverent imitation of God.

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.

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

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