For soon, very soon do men forget Their friends upon whom Death's seal is set.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished and glorified through the furnaces of tribulation.

A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.