The man who perceives life only with his eye, his ear, his hand, and his tongue, is but little higher than the ox or an intelligent dog; but he who has imagination sees things around and above him, as the angels see them.

A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.

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

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.

Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.