The thoughts of Youth are long, long thoughts

No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.

The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort, and the many chambers seem full of welcomes.

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.