For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.

Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.