Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.

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

He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.