Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.

Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.

No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.

There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.

Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when He prayed for His enemies on the cross.

If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.

There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.