A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born imperfect. It is a misfortune not unlike blindness.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

I read for three things; first, to know what the world has done the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do today; second, for the knowledge that I specially want in my work; and third, for what will bring my mind into a proper mood.

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