If you have only two or three things that you can enjoy and they are things which time and decay may remove from you, what are you going to do in old age?
Henry Ward BeecherWe should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
Henry Ward BeecherSome men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.
Henry Ward BeecherMirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
Henry Ward Beecher