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Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.

The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences. -Henry Ward Beecher.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. -Henry Ward Beecher.