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.

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.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.

What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.

God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.