You can't make one man out of another if you try." "But, mother, your English ancestors once wandered about in sheep-skins, and worshiped the oaks; the whole English race, and the German race, were made what they are by teachers--teachers who gave themselves to a cause almost two thousand years ago." "Yes, I suppose that is so.

But, Gretchen, I want your heart; I never thought that you would give it to the Injuns.

I ought not to be so ruled by my affections; but, if I do scold you, there is something in you that draws my heart toward you all the time.

I believe in helping others; something good in the future always comes of it.

If men would be good to each other, Heaven would be good to the world.