There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it.

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.

A dull ax never loves grindstones.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.