For mine is the old belief... There is a soil in every leaf.

- Maturin Murray Ballou

You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space.

- Maturin Murray Ballou

Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain of matured thought, but also for what they suggest. Our brains rece…

- Maturin Murray Ballou

Ancient and modern languages teem with happily expressed sentiments of more or less force and beauty, sufficiently individualized and excellent to wa…

- Maturin Murray Ballou