We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living. - Tryon Edwards

Thoughts lead on to purposes ; puposes go forth in actions ; actions form habits ; habits decide character ; and character fixes our destiny.

Credulity is belief on slight evidence, with no evidence, or or against evidence. In this sense it is the infidel, not the believer, who is credulous. 'The simple,' says Solomon, 'believeth every word.'

Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.