Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Religion! Is what you hear at church religion? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature? No! When I look for religion, I must look for something above me, and not something beneath.

Just so sure as one puts on any old rag, and thinks nobody will come, company is sure to call.

The same quickness which makes a mind buoyant in gladness often makes it gentlest and most sympathetic in sorrow.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.