Humanity is a duty made known and enjoined by revelation, and ever keeping pace with the progress of Christianity.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man; it was not reasoned into him and cannot be reasoned out.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of man; it was not reasoned into him and and cannot be reasoned out.

There are many ways of being frivolous, on;y one way of being intellectually great; that is honest labor.

There is but one method of success, and that is hard labor, and a man who will not pay that price for distinction had better at once dedicate himself to the pursuit of the fox.

Take short views, hope for the best, and trust in God.

There is much virtue in a kiss of honest love.

Death must be distinguished from dying, with which it is often confused.

Mankind are always happier for having been happy; so that if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.

It is all nonsense about not being able to work without ale, and gin, and cider, and fermented liquors. Do lions and cart-horses drink ale?