One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.
Tryon Edwards

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

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
Tryon Edwards

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

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Tryon Edwards

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

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
Tryon Edwards

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