Wherever is love and loyalty, great purposes and lofty souls, even though in a hovel or a mine, there is fairyland.

Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him.

Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

This is the feeling that gives a man true courage-the feeling that he has a work to do at all costs; the sense of duty.

Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature.

If I am ever obscure in my expressions, do not fancy that therefore I am deep. If I were really deep, all the world would understand, though they might not appreciate. The perfectly popular style is the perfectly scientific one. To me an obscurity is a reason for suspecting a fallacy.