To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.

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

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellowship as a sugar maple is of sap. It can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects grave and gay.... For real company and friendship there is nothing, outside of the animal kingdom, that is comparable to a river.