The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

You can never begin to live until you dare to die.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.