There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.

Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

Time can take nothing from the BIBLE. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its light and influence to man this day which it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and console every present loss