The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

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.

When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters.