If God is thy father, human beings are thy brothers and sisters.

Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!