It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.

The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.

Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret as an old friar would be without his hair girdle. They are commanded to cast their cares upon the Lord, but even when they attempt it, they do not fail to catch them up again, and think it meritorious to walk burdened.