Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

They always win who side with God.

We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.

It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.