No one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.

The last thing we want to do is indicate someone [is at fault], when there could be an anomaly.

When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than at what He doesn't know

No matter how healthy a man's morals may be when he enters the White House, he comes out again with a pot-marked soul