When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp.

God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.

What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticized for us!

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

Many make the household but only one the home.

Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.

He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.