Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise and rejoice among the branches.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

What do I owe my father? Everything!

In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.