But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.

Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the sake of getting more!

We thank Thee, O Father of all, for... all the soul-help that sad souls understand.

Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words. Careful with fire, is good advice we know Careful with words, is ten times doubly so. Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead; But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.

To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.