Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties

There are many men who are forgotten, who are despised, and who are trampled on by their fellows, but there never was a man who was so despised as the everlasting God has been!

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.