Quotes about Henry Ward Beecher

No cradle for an emperor's child was ever prepared with so much magnificence as this world has been made for man. But it is only his cradle.

Humor is, however, nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.

Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.