In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.

So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

Your little child is the only true democrat.

In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.