I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.

I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It throws its black shadow on you, and you are not at a loss where to strike. But vanity is that delusive, that insectiferous, that multiplied feeling, and men that fight vanities are like men that fight midges and butterflies. It is easier to chase them than to hit them.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.

No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

Love is the world's river of life