The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny

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.

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.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.