Storms purify the atmosphere.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

Brethren, we are all sailing home; and by and by, when we are not thinking of it, some shadowy thing (men call it death), at midnight, will pass by, and will call us by name, and will say, "I have a message for you from home; God wants you; heaven waits for you.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.