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

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.

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

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence.