Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

"Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness -- an open and noble temper."

Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

"Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well -- he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.