In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement, but a natural instinct.

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle.

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.