Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

Mistress Mary Quite Contrary

Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.

To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in, you may never get over it as long as you live.

When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that his earth is only one of the million worlds. Hold your soul still and look upward often, and you will understand their speech. Never forget the stars.

She wished she could talk as he did. His speech was so quick and easy. It sounded as if he liked her and was not the least afraid she would not like him, though he was only a common moor boy, in patched clothes and with a funny face and a rough, rusty-red head.