Wealth and want equally harden the human heart...

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.

Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

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