The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

The great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God.

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

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.