That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give forth their bounty.

Christianity works while infidelity talks. She feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, visits and cheers the sick, and seeks the lost, while infidelity abuses her and babbles nonsense and profanity. 'By their fruits ye shall know them.'

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?