Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?

I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.

Duty and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God.

The best style of writing, as well as the most forcible, is the plainest.

You may be witty, but not satirical.

Money is more trouble than it is worth.

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.