One of the eternal conflicts out of which life is made up is that between the effort of every man to get the most he can for his services, and that of society, disguised under the name of capital, to get his services for the least possible return.

[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

You hear that boy laughing?you think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.