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

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

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.

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

The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.

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.