Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.

He that cannot paint must grind the colors.

So I take my life as I find it, as a life full of grand advantages that are linked indissolubly to my noblest happiness and my everlasting safety. I believe that Infinite Love ordained it, and that, if I bow willingly, tractably, and gladly to its discipline, my Father will take care of it.

Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.

Joys divided are increased.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.

How long must the church live before it will learn that strength is won by action, and success by work, and that all this immeasurable feeding without action and work is a positive damage to it--that it is the procurer of spiritual obesity, gout, and debility.