He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first.