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.

Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.

Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.