There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.