The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find in every hour some heavenly blessings.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Truth are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.