He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.

October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors.

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.

The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.

Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.