Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.

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

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

Think of a man in a chronic state of anger!