Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.