It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals are.