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

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.

Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down.