Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.