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

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.

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

Each book has a secret history of ways and means.

As the imagination is set to look into the invisible and immaterial, it seems to attract something of their vitality; and though it can give nothing to the body to redeem it from years, it can give to the soul that freshness of youth in old age which is even more beautiful than youth in the young.

Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.