A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

Before men we stand as opaque bee-hives. They can see the thoughts go in and out of us; but what work they do inside of a man they cannot tell. Before God we are as glass bee-hives, and all that our thoughts are doing within us he perfectly sees and understands.