Tryon Edwards

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be read more

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere read more

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother read more

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin.