Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more."

A noisy man is always in the right.

Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive, is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.

But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.