…far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

WHEN with dear friends sweet talk I hold, 
And all the flowers of life unfold;
Let not my heart within me burn, 
Except in all I Thee discern.

WE should continually examine ourselves whether we are arguing for the sake of truth or triumph.

FOR IT strikes me that of all human dealings, satire is the very lowest, and most mean and common.

…take care how you speak of those you have not yet learned to love.

OH! that we all knew or remembered what words are! Surely they are the most terrible powers in this universe.

Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.

 Examine your words well and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth,

THINK truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the world’s famine feed;

REPENTANCE is heart’s sorrow,  And a clear life ensuing