Next to the pastoral came the agricultural life. When you add to that the manufacturing phase of development, society begins to fill out, and needs but wings to fly, and commerce is its wings.

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked; and, as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and find our dear ones in heaven.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.