The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.

There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.