God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness.

All love will, one day, meet with its return. All true love will, one day, behold its own image in the eyes of the beloved, and be humbly glad.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

I only know when I don't know a thing. My uncle has taught me that wisdom lies in that.

God will not take shelter behind a jugglery of logic or metaphysics. He is neither a schoolman nor theologian, but our Father in Heaven.

Religion is life essential.

No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful.