God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
Love is the river of life in the world.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.
Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.