Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”

“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”

“I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one’s life, the foundation of happiness or misery.”