God's work is freedom. Freedom is dear to his heart. He wishes to make man's will free, and at the same time wishes it to be pure, majestic, and holy.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

You have to come to understand that your life is diminishing rapidly if you don’t convert it into valuable products.

History is the most patient of teachers. If Man doesn't get the lesson, it keeps repeating itself until he finally gets it.

It is not the voice that commands the story it is the ear.

Experience is low; confidence is high.

There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

Nothing is so common as to see a political upheaval pass practically unnoticed merely because the names of the leaders and their parties remain the same.

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

No domain of nature is quite closed to man at all times.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.