The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. Satan has a fine intellect, but not the image of God.

I wonder why we hate the past so.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.