What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.
Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.
Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.
You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.
Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.
A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history.
The black crow thinketh her own birds white.
Without stories, we'd have even more trouble recognizing what's real.
The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.