The work of vegetation begins first in the irritability of the bark and leaf-buds.

When we attempt to define and describe God, both language and thought desert us, and we are as helpless as fools and savages.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

One of our statesmen said, "The curse of this country is eloquent men."

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He only is right who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded by worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day, and be done with it. You have done what you could.