God made all pleasures innocent.

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.

A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.