The meanest thing in the world is the devil.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Self-contemplation is apt to end in self-conceit.

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.

The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.