Will Carleton

“The gentle art of being kind is all the world needs.”

“Good-by, old friend! We have been long together; through sunshine and through cloudy weather.”

“Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.”

“Boys flying kites haul in their white-winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.”

“To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.”

“For thoughts are things, and their airy wings are swifter than carrier doves.”

“Festivals are nice things if you can afford them.”

“Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace.”

“Home ain't a place that gold can buy or get up in a minute; afore it's home there's got to be a heap of livin' in it.”

“Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.”

“For life is a matter of give and take, The more we give the more we make.”