Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Experience is retrospect knowledge.