As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands.