Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may swell.

God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.

Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.

The more sincere we are in our belief, as a rule, the less demonstrative we are.

A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no flowers were nature to charge a price for her blossoms.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.