Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

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.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.