Hosea Ballou
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
age
Hosea Ballou
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
courage
Hosea Ballou
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
education
Hosea Ballou
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
happiness
Hosea Ballou
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
happiness
Hosea Ballou
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
inspirational