The temptation is not here, where you are reading about it or praying about it. It is down in your shop, among bales and boxes, ten-penny nails, and sand-paper.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

Morality is but the vestibule of religion.

Public feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted, and our modern martyr is full as likely to be smothered with roses as with coals.

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life.

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.