Henry Ward Beecher

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Henry Ward Beecher

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Henry Ward Beecher

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

Henry Ward Beecher

Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.

Henry Ward Beecher

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

Henry Ward Beecher

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

Henry Ward Beecher

Customs represent the experience of mankind.

Henry Ward Beecher

Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may swell.

Henry Ward Beecher

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Henry Ward Beecher

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Henry Ward Beecher