A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.

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

Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational; it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

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 superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.