“ Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. Tryon Edwards
“ Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. Tryon Edwards
“ Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chain… Tryon Edwards
“ 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 the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a… Tryon Edwards
“ Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. Tryon Edwards
“ One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. Tryon Edwards
“ Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul. Tryon Edwards
“ Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. Tryon Edwards
“ The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. Tryon Edwards
“ 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. Tryon Edwards
“ Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains… Tryon Edwards
“ Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. Tryon Edwards
