Hannah More

No matter what a man's past may have been his future is spotless.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.

There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: a thankful reflection on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.

The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

Love never reasons, but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, and then trembles lest it has done too little.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.