It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.

Few have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away.

I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.

Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.

All men know their children mean more than life.

It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.