Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value