He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and pity, and wonder.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend and winds blow, we cannot afford to build on shifting sands.