A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

I know it is more agreeable to walk upon carpets than to lie upon dungeon floors, I know it is pleasant to have all the comforts and luxuries of civilization; but he who cares only for these things is worth no more than a butterfly, contented and thoughtless, upon a morning flower; and who ever thought of rearing a tombstone to a last summer's butterfly?

God's glory is His goodness.

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.