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.

Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.

A life in any sphere that is the expression and outflow of an honest, earnest, loving heart, taking counsel only of God and itself, will be certain to be a life of beneficence in the best possible direction.

Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.

Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore.

There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their heel.

I look into your great brown eyes, where love and loyal homage shine, and wonder where the difference lies between your soul and mine!.