Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.

Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.

Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument.