Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

How, then, shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that which is freely given; by meditations on watchfulness, on prayer, on action, on temptation, and on dangers? No, there must be a full concentration of the thoughts and affections on Christ; a complete surrender of the whole being to him; a constant looking to him for grace.

Death! Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hopes, desires and wants, one day, and the next be gone, utterly gone, and forever!

intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.