Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.

Flowers may beckon todwards us, but they speak todward heaven and God.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing.

No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

In a great affliction there is no light either in the stars or in the sun; for when the inward light is fed with fragrant oil; there can be no darkness though the sun should go out. But when, like a sacred lamp in the temple, the inward light is quenched, there is no light outwardly, though a thousand suns should preside in the heavens.