The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary effects from them. Pleasure and inspiration first, analysis afterward.

If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.