There is less misery in being cheated than in that kind of wisdom which perceives, or thinks it perceives, that all mankind are cheats.

A thousand wheels of labor are turned by dear affections, and kept in motion by self-sacrificing endurance; and the crowds that pour forth in the morning and return at night are daily procession of love and duty.

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

It is because we underrate thought, because we do not see what a great element it is in religious life, that there is so little of practical and consistent religion among us.

Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.

Can you conceive of anything that so represents the glory, and truth, and marvelousness of God's nature as the idea of peace?