God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

No cradle for an emperor's child was ever prepared with so much magnificence as this world has been made for man. But it is only his cradle.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.