The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental.

A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.

True knowledge comes only through suffering.

Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair.

A woman's pity sometimes makes her mad.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.