“ If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents. ”

“ I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. ”

“ Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. ”

“ Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. ”

“ A minute's success pays the failure of years. ”

“ Take away love and our earth is a tomb. ”

“ Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure. ”

“ The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. ”

“ Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. ”

“ Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? ”