In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.

One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.

From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.

People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.