Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.

All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.

Women are a new race, recreated since the world received Christianity.

Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.