In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.

Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But often faltering feet Come surest to the goal; And they who walk in darkness meet The sunrise of the soul.

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, Because the road's last turn will be the best.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

... for those who love, Time is not.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

He that planteth a tree is the servant of God, He provideth a kindness for many generations, And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.