No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

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.

If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.

This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.