More bounteous run rivers when the ice that locked their flow melts into their waters. And when fine natures relent, their kindness is swelled by the thaw.

Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.

Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever? - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

It is a glorious fever, desire to know.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.