Friendship Is A Sheltering Tree.

Water Cannot Rise Higher Than Its Source, Neither Can Human Reason.

History Has A Point Of View; It Cannot Be All Things To All People.

Death Came With Friendly Care; The Opening Bud To Heaven Conveyed, And Bade It Blossom There.

The Present System Of Taking Oaths Is Horrible. It Is Awfully Absurd To Make A Man Invoke God's Wrath Upon Himself, If He Speaks False; It Is, In My Judgment, A Sin To Do So.

To Know, To Esteem, To Love,-and Then To Part, Makes Up Life's Tale To Many A Feeling Heart.