As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway.

The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Some would find fault with the morning, if they ever got up early enough.. The fault find faults even in Paradise.

We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste.

The world laughs in flowers.

If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.