O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Stand somewhere on the character of God, and you will see the impossibles becoming possibles

Talk without truth is the hollow brass; talk without love is like the tinkling cymbal, and when it does not tinkle it jingles, and when it does not jingle, it jars.

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.

How we ask the question is extremely important to how we find the answer.

False praise is worse than no praise.

If anyone will listen I will continue to sing.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.