A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

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.

There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.

I used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I begin to believe there is no such thing as getting through it. If a man, in praying that prayer, were to be stopped by every word until he had thoroughly prayed it, it would take him a lifetime.