If you do anything above party, the true hearted ones of all parties sympathize with you.

Those clouds are angels' robes.

If you wish to be like a little child, study what a little child could understand — nature; and do what a little child could do — love.

If thou art fighting against thy sins, so is God. On thy side is God who made all, and Christ who died for all and the Spirit who alone gives wisdom, purity, and nobleness.

All the butterflies and cockyolybirds would fly past me.

If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, what people think of you; and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of everything God sends you; you will be as wretched as you choose.

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.