Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Death is not an end. It is a new impulse.

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counsellor.

A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.