A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight.

A forest of all manner of trees is poor, if not disagreeable, in effect; a mass of one species of tree is sublime.

No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.