We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.

Only the home can found a state.

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

Sin is free, or you cannot make sin out of it.

Do more listening than talking

May your soul revive, rekindle and rejoice.

Give life a chance.

The reputation of a great work ethic that took years to build can be forgotten with one act of misjudgment.

Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.

Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)

But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

You never know what your opportunities are going to be.

Sometimes in life if you wanna do something good, you gotta do something bad.