A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.