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Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.
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.
Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes... →
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
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