Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

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

It may be conjectured that it is cheaper in the long run to lift men up than to hold them down, and that the ballot in their hands is less dangerous to society than a sense of wrong is in their heads.

Not suffering, but faint heart, is worst of woes.

Piety is indifferent whether she enters at the eye or at the ear. There is none of the senses at which she does not knock one day or other. The Puritans forgot this, and thrust Beauty out of the meeting-house and slammed the door in her face.

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.