It is a bitter thought to an avaricious spirit that by and by all these accumulations must be left behind. We can only carry away from this world the flavor of our good or evil deeds.

The man who perceives life only with his eye, his ear, his hand, and his tongue, is but little higher than the ox or an intelligent dog; but he who has imagination sees things around and above him, as the angels see them.

Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche.

The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.