The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.

Flowers may beckon todwards us, but they speak todward heaven and God.

In a great affliction there is no light either in the stars or in the sun; for when the inward light is fed with fragrant oil; there can be no darkness though the sun should go out. But when, like a sacred lamp in the temple, the inward light is quenched, there is no light outwardly, though a thousand suns should preside in the heavens.

The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is building it; all-penetrating faith is building it.