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!

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

A right rule for a club would be, Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic. It requires people who are not surprised andshocked, who do and let do, and let be, who sink trifles, and know solid values, and who take a great deal for granted.

An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

Always scorn appearances and you always may.

Who are the farmer's servants? ... Geology and Chemistry, the quarry of the air, the water of the brook, the lightning of the cloud, the castings of the worm, the plough of the frost.