Our life is what we make it. An insignificant game or a noble trial; a dream or a reality; a play of the senses worn out in selfish use, and flying "swifter than a weaver's shuttle," or an ascension of the soul, by daily duties and unfaltering faith, to more spiritual relations and to loftier toils.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinThe creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinHumility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinWe only attain the true idea of marriage when we consider it as a spiritual union--a union of immortal affections, of undying faculties, of an imperishable destiny.
Edwin Hubbel ChapinIn some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin