Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.