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

Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.

A bird in a cage is not half a bird.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

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.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.