"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing"
"Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before"
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking"
"Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste"
"Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away"
"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love"
"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught"
