Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.

Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.

The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country.

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.