Tryon Edwards Quotes

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, "I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction".

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.