You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.

A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

God's glory is His goodness.

The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary effects from them. Pleasure and inspiration first, analysis afterward.

Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.