The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

Reason can tell how love affects us, but cannot tell what love is.

There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.