Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Service to man is service to god.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

The happiest moments we ever know are when we entirely forget ourselves.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.