We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

I do not wish, it happens, to be associated with Massachusetts, either in holding slaves or in conquering Mexico. I am a little better than herself in these respects.

Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth.

In Adam's fall We sinned all. In the new Adam's rise, We shall all reach the skies.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story.