When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.

They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence.

There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.