Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages

With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.