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Absence is like waters upon fire when one is in love . . . a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

Anger is the common refuge of insignificance. People who feel their character to be slight, hope to give it weight by inflation: But the blown bladder at its fullest distention is still empty.

Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. It saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.

Insignificance's common refuge is anger. People who feel their character to be slight, hope to give it weight by inflation: But the blown bladder at its fullest distention is still empty.

Life is a short day; but it is a working-day. Activity may lead to evil : but inactivity cannot be led to good.

Method is the hinge of business, ami there is no method without order apd punctuality.

Oblivion is the offspring of silence.

An Obstacle is those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.