There have been many men who left behind them that which hundreds of years have not worn out. The earth has Socrates and Plato to this day. The world is richer yet by Moses and the old prophets than by the wisest statesmen. We are indebted to the past. We stand in the greatness of ages that are gone rather than in that of our own. But of how many of us shall it be said that, being dead, we yet speak?

Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

The truest self-respect is not to think of self.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable