One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

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.

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

Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

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