If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman.

As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving; and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

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.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.