It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

The word of God tends to make large-minded noble-minded men.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Theology is but a science of applied to God. As schools change theology must necessarily change. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas of truth are not. Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.