Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.