Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record.

Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.

October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.

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.

When young men or women are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideals of the young are formed and adopted is more important still. For the ideal with which you go forward to measure things determines the nature, so far as you are concerned, of everything you meet.

The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin.

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.