no one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses as his wife does.

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

Nature always levies her tribute.

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.

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

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.