A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.

By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.

It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.

Work is not a curse, but drudgery is.

Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.