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