A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a child's stature to an adult's without harm.

There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.