“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”

“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.”

“No matter how good the walls and the materials are; if the foundations are not strong, the building will not stand. By and by, in some upper room, a crack will appear; and men will say: "There is the crack; but the cause is the foundation." So if, in youth, you lay the foundation of your character wrongly, the penalty will be sure to follow. The crack may be far down in old age, but somewhere it will certainly appear.”

“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.”

“Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart”

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.”