Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.

The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.

Rage is mental imbecility.

To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.

There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its character is that of mercy, it has the image of Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.