I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

The Cardinal ... It was as if a pulsing heart of flame passed by when he came winging through the orchard.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

We never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.

I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.