Nothing like one honest look, one honest thought of Christ upon His cross. That tells us how much He has been through, how much He endured, how much He conquered, how much God loved us, who spared not His only begotten Son, but freely gave Him for us. Dare we doubt such a God? Dare we murmur against such a God?

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come, can only do you good, and never do you harm.

We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded — a mere book to keep the poor in order.

Nature's deepest laws, her only true laws, are her invisible ones.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, Across the sands o' Dee!