There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

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