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

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

Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousand-fold.

The word of God tends to make large-minded noble-minded men.

Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

Your honors here may serve you for a time, as it were for an hour, but they will be of no use to you beyond this world. Nobody will have heard a word of your honors in the other life. Your glory, your shame, your ambitions, and all the treasures for which you push hard and sacrifice much will be like wreaths of smoke. For these things, which you mostly seek, and for which you spend your life only tarry with you while you are on this side of the flood.