The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home.
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Religion is what you do with your solitude.
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
That great artillery of God Almighty.
Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
The church exists for the sake of those outside it.
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all but it is sure to be there.
When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't.
Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.