God gives us our relatives thank God we can choose our friends.
Pride slays thanksgiving but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks...
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom but it is always on her heart.
It's not the work which kills people it's the worry. It's not the revolution...
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance...
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep...
Success is full of promise till one gets it and then it seems like a nest...
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
It is not the going out of port but the coming in that determines the...
In this world it is not what we take up but what we give up that makes us...
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of...
Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments the efforts...
Laughter is day and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers...
In this world full often our joys are only the tender shadows which our...
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
To become an able and successful man in any profession three things are...
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven it is the beating of a...
We sleep but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving...
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money...
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
When a nation's young men are conservative its funeral bell is already rung.
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down...
Well married a person has wings poorly married shackles.
Love is the river of life in the world.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp it needs...
Young love is a flame very pretty often very hot and fierce but still only...
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you....
The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what...
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a...
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's...
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been...
Greatness lies not in being strong but in the right using of strength and...
The worst thing in this world next to anarchy is government.
The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon...
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It...
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge more than money more than honor...
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with...
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must...