We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Love is the river of life in the world.
A church debt is the devil's salary.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.
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.
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.