Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Finances flow along the lines of relationships in the kingdom of God.

San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

Schroeder, do you think I'm beautiful?" "I think you're the most beautiful girl the world has ever known..." "You hate me, don't you?

Your vocation lies in the intersection of the world's deep need and your deep joy.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

If there are threats to the United States, then I would of course go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground force.

The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.

Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty.

Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.