"The world no doubt grows better; comfort is increased from age to age. What is a luxury in one generation, scarce att…"

"Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will …"

"Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so."

"All men desire to be immortal."

"If you lend me your ears, I shall doubtless take your hearts too. That I may not lead you into any wrong, let me warn…"

"You and I may perish. Temptation which has been too strong for thousands of stronger men, may be too great for me; I …"

"Every rose is an autograph from the hand of the Almighty God. On this world about us He has inscribed His thought, in…"

"Remorse is the pain of sin."

"There is what I call the American idea. I so name it, because it seems to me to lie at the basis of all our truly ori…"

"Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, o…"