No man rides so high and in such good company as the man that allies himself to a truth.

Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go.

The world is God's workshop for making men in.

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.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

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.

Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.