“Tender-handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains.”

“Charity begins at home, but should not end there.”

“Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.”

“There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.”

“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”

“Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.”

“It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.”

“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”

“Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.”

“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”

“A good garden may have some weeds.”