God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.

The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock of a farm; the best shares are plow shares; and the best banks are the fertile banks of a rural stream; the more these are broken the better dividends they pay.

When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and the lava is turned into soil, there are vineyards and olive trees which grow up to the top.

We are never ripe till we have been made so by suffering.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.

The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.