It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

Reason can tell how love affects us, but cannot tell what love is.

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page

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.