Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes.

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.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.

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

The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.