There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall need to bear us through the troubles of this.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.