Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
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.
Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.
A person’s character is but half formed till after wedlock.
Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.
No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.
Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery.
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.
Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.
Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.