Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.

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.

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

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

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