The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead.

Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.

That tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms on it than it now bears. That tree grows new wood each year. Like that apple tree, I try to grow a new little wood each year.

Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and silence.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.