You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men.

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

Do you know that being a stranger is the hardest thing that can happen to any one in all this world?

Tears were a blessing; they were a relief; they did wash the ache from the heart, ease brain strain, and encourage the soul.

Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.