It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.

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

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

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

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.

Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heav'n securely.

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.