Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

Christianity works while infidelity talks. She feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, visits and cheers the sick, and seeks the lost, while infidelity abuses her and babbles nonsense and profanity. 'By their fruits ye shall know them.'

The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.