The word of God tends to make large-minded noble-minded men.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

When God thought of mother, He must have laughed with satisfaction, and framed it quickly - so rich, so deep, so divine, so full of soul, power, and beauty, was the conception.

Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.

Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.