 Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. |
| True greatness consists in being great in little things. |
| Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. |
| The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. |
| A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock. |
| Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire. |
| For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame. |
| Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. |
| Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue. |
| It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'. |
| Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. |
| Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. |
| No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. |
| Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. |
