Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.

Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.