Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

In regard to the great mass of men, anything that breaks the realm of fear is not salutary, but dangerous; because it takes off one of the hoops that hold the barrel together in which the evil spirits are confined.

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

If you attempt to beat a man down and to get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit burglary, as much as though you broke into his shop to take the things without paying for them.

The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.