People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.