» Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
» Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.
» At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
» An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
» Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
» Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
» Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.
» Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
» The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
» The essence of justice is mercy.