We never discover the value of things till we have lost them.

It is not the smallest use to try to make people good, unless you try at the same time - and they feel that you are trying - to make them happy. And you rarely can make another happy, unless you are happy yourself.

We never know through what Divine mysteries of compensation the great Father of the universe may be carrying out His sublime plan; but those three words, "God is love" ought to contain, to every doubting soul, the solution of all things.

Down in the deep, up in the sky , I see them always, far or nigh, And I shall see them till I die The old familiar faces.

A perfect marriage is as rare as a perfect love. Could it be otherwise, when both men and women are so imperfect? Could aught else be expected? Yet all do expect it.

Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls.

A secret at home is like rocks under tide.