A bird in a cage is not half a bird.

If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state in which he ought to be changed into a mummy.

What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

The monkey is an organized sarcasm upon the human race.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.