It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children.

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

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

The great lever by which to raise and save the world is the unbounded love and mercy of God.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.