Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.

Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgment. All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the person who makes wrong statements about others is themselves to be pitied, not the person they vilify. It is better to be lied about than to lie. At the last no one can harm us but ourselves.

Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing the Spirit of the Times. Thinkers help other people to think, for they formulate what others are thinking. No person writes or thinks alone--thought is in the air, but its expression is necessary to create a tangible Spirit of the Times.

The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.