Nothing is further from Earth than Heaven: nothing is nearer than…

A Faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no further, is none. It is only Doubt taking a nap in an elbow chair. The husband, whose scepticism is prurient enough to contemplate …

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.

If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to look for it in a stonequarry. But if you …

Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.

The only way of setting the Will free is to deliver it from wilfulness.