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

I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.

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.

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

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.