If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche.

The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.

It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.