There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.