Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.