I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there is nothing in it! Try what it is to speak with God behind you, to speak so as to be only the arrow in the bow which the Almighty draws.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.