BEECHER, HENRY WARD : Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : All words are pegs to hang ideas on. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : No man is more cheated than the selfish man. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman and social reformer, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

BEECHER, HENRY WARD : The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a 'but'. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)