*The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the greatest men. Hare.

*The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods. Socrates.

*Never anything can be amiss when simpleness and duty tender it. Shakespeare.

*Whose nature is so far from doing harm,/That he suspects none. Shakespeare.

*In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence in simplicity. Longfellow.

*Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. Hazlitt.

*How many undervalue the power of simplicity! But it is the real key to the heart. Wordsworth.

*Genuine simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. Fenelon.

*He alone is a man who can resist the genius of the age, the tone of fashion, with vigorous simplicity and modest courage. Lavater.

*If you wish to be like a little child, study what a little child could understand,--Nature; and do what a little child could do,--love. Charles Kingsley.

*Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons. Luther.

*The world could not exist if it were not simple. This ground has been tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again. Goethe.

*I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial. Thoreau.

*Simplicity is the character of the spring of life, costliness becomes its autumn; but a neatness and purity, like that of the snow-drop or lily of the valley, is the peculiar fascination of beauty, to which it lends enchantment, and gives what amiability is to the mind. Longfellow.

*The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness,--one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker. Lessing.

*Sin is a state of mind, not an outward act. Sewell.

*O sin, what hast thou done to this fair earth! Dana.

*Sin writes histories; goodness is silent. Goethe.

*The greater part of mankind are angry with the sinner and not with the sin. Seneca.

*Be not familiar with the idea of wrong, for sin in fancy mothers many an ugly fact. Theodore Parker. (Pornography!)

*It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. Moliere.

*A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn. J.G. Holland.

*It is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous. Boileau.

*There is no harder work in the world than sin. South.

*I have learned what a sin is against an infinite imperishable beings, such as is the soul of man. Coleridge.

*Our sins, like to our shadows, when our day is in its glory, scarce appeared; towards our evening how great and monstrous they are! Suckling.

*Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back. Barrow.

*No sin is small. It is a sin against an infinite God, and may have consequences immeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch. Jeremy Taylor.

*We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms. Seneca.

*A man cannot practice sin and be a good citizen. Burke says very truly: "Whatever disunites man from God disunites man from man." Chapin.

*If you do well, to your own behoof will ye do it; and if ye do evil, against yourselves will ye do it. Koran.

*When thou art preparing to commit a sin, think not that thou wilt conceal it; there is a God that forbids crimes to be hidden. Tibullus.

*Never let any man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul! Any other issue is doubtful; the evil effect on himself is certain. Southey.

*Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart. Schiller.

*It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail. Hosea Ballou.

*Remember that every guilty compliance with the humors of the world, every sinful indulgence of our own passions, is laying up cares and fears for the hour of darkness; and that the remembrance of ill-spent time will strew our sick-bed with thorns, and rack our sinking spirits with despair. Bishop Heber.

*Some voluntary castaways there will always be, whom no fostering kindness and no parental care can preserve from self-destruction; but if any are lost for want of care and culture, there is a sin of omission in the society to which they belong. Southey.

*A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity. Goldsmith.

*The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he give himself for a principle. Lowell.

*The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. John Lyly.

*Those who love with purity consider not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas a Kempis.

*Never apologize for showing feeling. My friend, remember that when you do so you apologize for the truth. Beaconsfield.

*Let us then be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred professions of friendship. Longfellow.

*Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be. Tillotson.

*A silent, great soul; he was one of those who cannot but be in earnest; whom Nature herself has appointed to be sincere. Carlyle.

*He that does as well in private between God and his own soul as in public, hath given himself a testimony that his purposes are full of honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jeremy Taylor.

*Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections; for love which hath ends will have an end, whereas that which is founded on true love will always continue. Dryden.

*He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves. Tillotson.

*No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself, who would not exchange the finest show for the poorest reality, who does not so love his work that he is not only glad to give himself for it, but finds rather a gain than a sacrifice in the surrender. Lowell.

*Slander is the solace (and soul!) of malignity. Joubert.

*There is no protection against slander. Moliere.

*Cut men's throats with whisperings. Ben Jonson.

*A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue. Homer.

*Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you must have dirty hands. Joseph Parker.

*Thou wrong'st a gentleman who is as far from thy report as thou from honor. Shakespeare.

*Slander lives upon succession, forever housed where it gets possession. Shakespeare.

*There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears. Bishop Hall.

*Slander meets no regard from noble minds; only the base believe what the base only utter. Beller.

*If slander be a snake, it is a winged one. It flies as well as creeps. Douglas Jerrold.

*Slanderers do not hurt me, because they do not hit me. Socrates.

*Where it concerns himself, who is angry at a slander makes it true. Ben Jonson.

*Slander is a most serious evil; it implies two who do wrong, and one who is doubly wronged. Herod.

*The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others. Fielding.

*A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead the first blow, better not strike at it. H.W. Shaw.

*Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of Time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee. Kant.

*Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow, wounding both him that commits and him against whom it is committed. Saurin.

*When the tongue of slander stings thee, let this be thy comfort,--they are not the worst fruits on which the wasps alight. Burger.

*The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at. Swift.

*Slander soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive. Confucius.

*Curse the tongue whence slanderous rumor, like the adder's drop, distils her venom, withering friendship's faith, turning love's favor. James A. Hillhouse.

*Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there is the slime. Douglas Jerrold.