We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity.

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.

Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.