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

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

A library is but the soul's burying ground. It is a land of shadows.

A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.