As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.

Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God's worship.

Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.

Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.