As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving; and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfect!