St. Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high; "I drink to one," he said, "Whose image never may depart, Deep graven on this grateful heart, Till memory be dead." . . . . St. Leon paused, as if he would Not breathe her name in careless mood Thus lightly to another; Then bent his noble head, as though To give the word the reverence due, And gently said, "My mother!"

Nothing is so easy to men of goodwill as goodwill itself, and this is all that God requires. Every act of goodwill permanently and sensibly increases goodwill. Trifling acts of goodwill are often more efficacious in this way than great ones. A flower given in kindness and at the right time profits more, both to giver and receiver, than some vast material benefit in which the goodwill is hidden by the magnitude of the act. Some little, sensible, individual touch from the hand of our Lord may convert the heart more than the contemplation of His death for us.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

I love my neighbor as myself, Myself like him too, by his leave, Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf Came I to crouch, as I conceive. Dame Nature doubtless has designed A man the monarch of his mind.

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

That in such righteousness To them by faith imputed they may find Justification towards God, and peace Of conscience.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

'Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel-- He runs so close to the rapid wheel.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

It is not the relation which is important, but the relationship that is important!

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.