The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.

No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.

Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.

Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche.

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.