Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

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

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts from the hand are silver and gold, but the heart gives that which neither silver nor gold can buy. To be full of goodness, full of cheerfulness, full of sympathy, full of helpful hope, causes a man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp is of its own shining. Such a one moves on human life as stars move on dark seas to bewildered mariners; as the sun wheels, bringing all the seasons with him from the south.

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

Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.