We all know that men in moderate circumstances can have just as comfortable houses as the richest, just as comfortable clothing, just as good food. They can see just as fine paintings, just as marvelous statues, and they can hear just as good music. They can attend the same theaters and the same operas. They can enjoy the same sunshine, and above all, can love and be loved just as well as kings and millionaires.

The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say 'charge it.' 'Put it on the slate.' The Savior will pay it. In this way, rascality is sold on credit, and the credit system in morals, as in business, breeds extravagance.

Nothing could add to the horror of hell, except the presence of its creator, God.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor

The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.

It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving