Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

Undoubtedly we render our consciences callous by evil indulgences; but we cannot entirely subdue that still, small voice.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.

It was the German schoolhouse which destroyed Napoleon III. France, since then, is making monster cannon and drilling soldiers still, but she is also building schoolhouses. As long as war is possible, anything that makes better soldiers people want.

By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.