In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the earth in place and prevent its soluble components from washing to the wasting sea.

Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.

The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.

Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in.

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.