A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.

The gravest events dawn with no more noise than the morning star makes in rising. All great developments complete themselves in the world and modestly wait in silence, praising themselves never, and announcing themselves not at all. We must be sensitive, and sensible, if we would see the beginnings and endings of great things. That is our part.

We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit.