People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.

To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.