Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.