No man is so poor as that. As well might the mountain streamlets say they have nothing worth giving to the sea, because they are not rivers. Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.

Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things.

Magnificent autumn! He comes not like a pilgrim, clad in russet weeds; not like a hermit, clad in gray; but like a warrior with the stain of blood in his brazen mail.

To charm, to strengthen, and to teach: these are the three great chords of might.

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Home-keeping hearts are the happiest, For those that wander they know not where Are full of trouble and full of care; To stay at home is best.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.