Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in manly character; and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn him against failure and trouble.

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.

Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.

Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms.