We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

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

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny