The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.

My God! I thank Thee for the bath of sleep, That wraps in balm my weary heart and brain, And drowns within its waters still and deep My sorrow and my pain. I thank Thee for my dreams, which loose the bond That binds my spirit to its daily load, And give it angel wings, to fly beyond Its slumber-bound abode.

A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.

He that cannot paint must grind the colors.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.