Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Undoubtedly we render our consciences callous by evil indulgences; but we cannot entirely subdue that still, small voice.

Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

If any man is rich and powerful he comes under the law of God by which the higher branches must take the burnings of the sun, and shade those that are lower; by which the tall trees must protect the weak plants beneath them.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.