James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

H. Ballou

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends towards the formation of character.

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.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood.

Falsehood is cowardice; truth is courage.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.

Judgment is not a swift-growing plant; it requires time and culture to mature it.

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.

Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.

Rage is mental imbecility.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit!

Sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth but a sting in its tail.

Tears of joy, like summer rain-drops, are pierced by sunbeams.

Theories are very thin and unsubstantial; experience only is tangible.

Unkindness has no remedy at law; let its avoidance be with you a point of honour.

Weary the path that does not challenge reason. Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.