Henry Ward Beecher

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.

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

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

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

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

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

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

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.