God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without some fret as an old friar would be without his hair girdle. They are commanded to cast their cares upon the Lord, but even when they attempt it, they do not fail to catch them up again, and think it meritorious to walk burdened.

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?