"I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may
have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of
memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels
of our nature."