Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.
Henry Ward BeecherThe sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Henry Ward BeecherA man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
Henry Ward BeecherThe most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
Henry Ward Beecher