Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.