Some men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.

A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.