Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?