That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other leadings, and listen to the Soul that has guided it so gently, and taught it so much, secure that the future will be worthy of the past?

I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.