There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.

That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.