We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit.

Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.