The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a child's stature to an adult's without harm.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.