Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of health.
A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.
Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law
The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.
There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.