» Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance
» In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
» Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
» He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
» Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
» Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, only his compass and chart would be overboard.
» The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
» A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.
» Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
» Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?