The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.
Henry Ward BeecherIt is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
Henry Ward BeecherEvery man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.
Henry Ward BeecherThe deeper men go into life, the deeper is their conviction that this life is not all. It is an unfinished symphony. A day may round out an insect's life, and a bird or a beast needs no tomorrow. Not so with him who knows that he is related to God and has felt the power of an endless life.
Henry Ward Beecher