What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. — Joseph Addison. British writer and politician (1672–1719) Education
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.