Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.

A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

Men have a thousand desires to a bushel of choices.

What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.

The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.