Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

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.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

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 of steel.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.