“The great thing in this world, is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving.”

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving—we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”

“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,'The medicines of the soul.”

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men--from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.”

“Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.”