He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.

Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.

Despair has its own calms.

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin'; and death be all that we can rightly depend on.

We are all drifting reefwards now, and faith is our only anchor.

We are able to learn from a failure, but perhaps not much from a success!