A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.

We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.

Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.