God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be.

The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human character, diffuses through our being a soothing and subtle joy, by which the heart's anxious and aching cares are softly smiled away.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

We all originally came from the woods! it is hard to eradicate from any of us the old taste for the tattoo and the war-paint; and the moment that money gets into our pockets, it somehow or another breaks out in ornaments on our person, without always giving refinement to our manners.

What a man does with his wealth depends upon his idea of happiness. Those who draw prizes in life are apt to spend tastelessly, if not viciously; not knowing that it requires as much talent to spend as to make.