The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

The best answer to all objections urged against prayer is the fact that man cannot help praying; for we may be sure that that which is so spontaneous and ineradicable in human nature has its fitting objects and methods in the arrangements of a boundless Providence.

A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring.

No great truth bursts upon man without having its hemisphere of darkness and sorrow.

The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.

Death is a great revealer of what is in a man, and in its solemn shadow appear the naked lineaments of the soul.

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.