None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

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

Many yet are the secret truths of God which will be unfolded as they are needed.

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road