So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again;Ancient and holy things fade like a dream.

If you do anything above party, the true hearted ones of all parties sympathize with you.

Look at the bow in the cloud, in the very rain itself. That is a sign that the sun, though you cannot see it, is shining still -- that up above beyond the cloud is still sunlight and warmth and cloudless blue sky.

Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature.

Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.

Duty--the command of heaven, the eldest voice of God.

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true, whether they are about religion, politics, farming, trade, law, or medicine, they are the message of Christ, the maker of all things - the teacher of all truth.