The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.

Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."

We anticipate a time when the love of truth shall have come up to our love of liberty, and men shall be cordially tolerant and earnest believers both at once.

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.

The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.