To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
Tryon Edwards

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
Tryon Edwards

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

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
Tryon Edwards

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

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Tryon Edwards

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
Tryon Edwards