For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all other reading.

The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy.

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.

My wish for the American woman is that she may always be an elevating influence-man's inspiration. Let him go forth to duty while she weaves the spell which makes home a paradise to which he may return, ever welcome, whether he is victor or vanquished.

My policy is trust peace and to put aside the bayonet.

It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.