Suffering is part of the divine idea.

In regard to the great mass of men, anything that breaks the realm of fear is not salutary, but dangerous; because it takes off one of the hoops that hold the barrel together in which the evil spirits are confined.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.