A Solid And Substantial Greatness Of Soul

I Have Always Preferred Cheerfulness To Mirth. The Latter I Consider As An Act, The Former As A Habit Of Mind. Mirth Is Short And Transient, Cheerfulness Fixed And Permanent.

A Man’s First Care Should Be To Avoid The Reproaches Of His Own Heart.

To Be Perfectly Just Is An Attribute Of The Divine Nature; To Be So To The Utmost Of Our Abilities, Is The Glory Of Man.

There Is No Passion That Steals Into The Heart More Imperceptibly And Covers Itself Under More Disguises Than Pride.

Three Grand Essentials To Happiness In This Life Are Something To Do, Something To Love, And Something To Hope For.