Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.

The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock of a farm; the best shares are plow shares; and the best banks are the fertile banks of a rural stream; the more these are broken the better dividends they pay.

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.

Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).

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