The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but of taking care of the bodies as well as the souls of people; not an affair of belief and of faith and of professions, but an affair of doing good, and especially to those who are in want; not an affair of fire and brimstone, but an affair of bacon and bread, beer and a bed.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.

It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be of any real use to any human being. His mind is necessarily rendered frivolous and superficial by the long habit of attaching importance to words instead of things; to sound instead of sense.