The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.

All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.