The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational; it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.

That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

Think of a man in a chronic state of anger!