Poverty, labor, and calamity are not without their luxuries, which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate in vain seek for.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Wisdom most of the time takes form of advice.

Only the writers can change or fix the past by going back to edit old works

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

I have to apologize to you that I am still among the living. There will be a remedy for this, however.

He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it.

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.

The kind of churches we played in, it wasn't about how good you could play your instrument, it was about how much you enjoyed playing your instrument.

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?

O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealing teaches them suspect The thoughts of others!