The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety,--all this rust of life, ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it. A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs.

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.

Women are a new race, recreated since the world received Christianity.