He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they do not realize what they have challenged.

Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.