It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

Love is the world's river of life

There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.