Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his moderation of spirit, which not all the heat of party could inflame, nor all the jars and disturbances of this country shake out of its place: I swear you to an emulation of his justice, his moderation, and his mercy.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.