Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a good reason for what he does, and has a will in doing it.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving - and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt; the other, all pity.

The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself--are identical.

If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.

Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?

Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"