Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

All the strength and force of man come from his faith in things unseen.

When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books.

It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.