A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.