A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

Newspapers are to the body politic what arteries are to the human body, their function being to carry blood and sustenance and repair to every part of the body.

A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.