We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.

Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

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.

None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.

If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman.