The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock of a farm; the best shares are plow shares; and the best banks are the fertile banks of a rural stream; the more these are broken the better dividends they pay.

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

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.