If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive involuntary effects from them. Pleasure and inspiration first, analysis afterward.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it.

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.