The Rod

Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, besides the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”

“Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.”

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”