There are many trials in life which do not seem to come from unwisdom or folly; they are silver arrows shot from the bow of God, and fixed inextricably in the quivering heart - they are meant to be borne - they were not meant, like snow or water, to melt as soon as they strike; but the moment an ill can be patiently borne it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

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?

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.

There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.