Truthfulness is godliness.

If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.

A dull ax never loves grindstones.

The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in promise.

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.

It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.