“He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
“In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.”
“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”
“The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.”
“The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.”
“A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
“Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.”
“''I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, ''I cannot forgive.''”
“There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.”
“Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.”
“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance”
“The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.”
“Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.”
“Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.”
“All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.”
“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs-jolted by every pebble in the road.”
“See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.”
“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.”
“It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.”
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.”
“Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.”
“Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.”
“In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.”
“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”
“Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.”
“Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.”
“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.”
“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.”
“In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.”