Theologian

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.

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.

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

Di antara dua kejahatan, jangan pilih keduanya; antara dua barang, pilih keduanya.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

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.

Tindakan yang benar di masa depan adalah permintaan maaf terbaik untuk tindakan buruk di masa lalu.

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

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

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

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 thing which can never be demonstrated.

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.