Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.

My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.

To eat bread is one thing; to love the precepts of Christ and resolve to obey them is quite another.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.