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The essence of justice is mercy.
Impatience never commanded success.
Do not judge from mere appearances.
Neutral men are the devil's allies.
God is the explanation of all things.
A life is black, whiten it as you will.
Conscience is its own readiest accuser.
Morality is but the vestibule of religion.
Truth is poetry; it is the grandest poetry.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Home is the seminary of all other institutions.
Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
Life is a crucible. We are thrown into it and tried.
Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow.
This is the essential evil of vice: it debases a man.
Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word.
There is such a thing as honest pride and self-respect.
Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
Whatever you truly conceive of in the mind, is possible.
If one's conscience be dead as a stone, it is as heavy too.
The way to overcome evil is to love something that is good.
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.
Life itself suggests a higher good than life itself can yield.
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.
The weak sinews become strong by their conflict with difficulties.
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
Truth is the root, but human sympathy is the flower of practical life.
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.
No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.
Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.
It is those who make the least display of their sorrow who mourn the deepest.
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
For soon, very soon do men forget Their friends upon whom Death's seal is set.
It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies.
Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity.
We do not compromise our own faith by admitting the honesty of another's doubt.
As for environments, the kingliest being ever born in the flesh lay in a manger.
Pure felicity is reserved for the heavenly life; it grows not in an earthly soil.
Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.
Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?
Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.
The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
No great truth bursts upon man without having its hemisphere of darkness and sorrow.
In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.
No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.