It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
There is nothing which vanity does not desecrate.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
God plants no yearning in the human soul that he does not intend to satisfy.
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God’s refinement.
To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.
It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A house built on the sand is in fair weather just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it.
A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.
Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God’s worship.
Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God’s because He loves.
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.
The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.
There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.
If you attempt to beat a man down and to get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit burglary, as much as though you broke into his shop to take the things without paying for them.