Henry Ward Beecher

Now comes the mystery.

Henry Ward Beecher

Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

Henry Ward Beecher

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Henry Ward Beecher

Our life is but a new form of the way men have lived from the beginning.

Henry Ward Beecher

Pain is God’s midwife, that helps some virtue into existence.

Henry Ward Beecher

People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.

Henry Ward Beecher

Religion would save a man; Christ would make him worth saving.

Henry Ward Beecher

Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant.

Henry Ward Beecher

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.

Henry Ward Beecher