Laws of Nature are God's thoughts thinking themselves out in the orbs and the tides.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.

The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.

Christ took hold of the work of the world's saving in a larger way than it is possible for us to do, and therefore the burden of His undertaking came upon Him in a heavier, wider, and more crushing way than it can come upon us; and therefore, while it overwhelmed Him in sorrow, our smaller mission and lighter task can with entire propriety leave us buoyant and gladsome.

Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.