Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.

The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.