Henry Ward Beecher

"Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one."

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

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."

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

"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

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

"It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage."

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

"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."

"Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low."

"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."

"Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown."

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

"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."

"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."

"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."