A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.

That friend, given to you by circumstances over which you have not control, was God's own gift.

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

There is a two-fold solemnity which belongs to the dying hour-it is the winding up of life, and it is the commencement of eternity.

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions.

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.