True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.

There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.