A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.