Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

There ought to be such an atmosphere in every Christian church that a man going there and sitting two hours should take the contagion of heaven, and carry home a fire to kindle the altar whence he came.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.