In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.
Henry Van DykeGratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
Henry Van DykeIf all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.
Henry Van DykeThe Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.
Henry Van Dyke