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.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

A man that is afraid is never a man.

One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, "Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.

The great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God.