The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.

What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.

There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.

There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument.

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.