"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

"Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put soul into."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

"In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occastions."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

"Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

"The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)