| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | H. Ballou |
| | | Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. | 1 |
| Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends towards the formation of character. | 2 |
| Envy is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul. | 3 |
| Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood. | 4 |
| Falsehood is cowardice; truth is courage. | 5 |
| Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant. | 6 |
| Judgment is not a swift-growing plant; it requires time and culture to mature it. | 7 |
| Preaching is of much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument that you can offer to the sceptic. | 8 |
| Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity. | 9 |
| Rage is mental imbecility. | 10 |
| Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit! | 11 |
| Sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth but a sting in its tail. | 12 |
| Tears of joy, like summer rain-drops, are pierced by sunbeams. | 13 |
| Theories are very thin and unsubstantial; experience only is tangible. | 14 |
| Unkindness has no remedy at law; let its avoidance be with you a point of honour. | 15 |
| Weary the path that does not challenge reason. Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. | 16 | | |
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