In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers.

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.