Life always take on the character of its motive.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.

God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.

All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery.

In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and women. They go out with the stamp of these homes upon them; and only as these homes are what they should be, will they be what they should be.

The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.