The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.