He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there is nothing in it! Try what it is to speak with God behind you, to speak so as to be only the arrow in the bow which the Almighty draws.

Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.

A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.

This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and saws and files and rasps and sandpapers. The perfect instrument and the music will be hereafter.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.