A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.

Going out into life--that is dying. Christ is the door out of life.

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

Books are the true metempsychosis,--they are the symbol and presage of immortality. The dead men are scattered, and none shall find them. Behold they are here! they do but sleep.

The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

A dull ax never loves grindstones.