There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon…

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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Freedom requires that you discover your own inner language - your own life rules -...

Freedom requires that you discover your own inner language - your own life rules -...

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

The secret of loving is living loved.

The secret of loving is living loved.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises...

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises...