There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week

Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying.

The tree is but a huge boquet.