 All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. |
| Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. |
| It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. |
| It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. |
| Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. |
| A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. |
| To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. |
| There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil. |
| Happiness is no laughing matter. |
| Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light. |
| Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. |
| As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?' |
| To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. |
| Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. |
| A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. |
| Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. |
| The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it. |
| To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air. |
| It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly. |
| Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. |
