Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.