the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.

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.

Is he well educated?" "Yes, I think so, as far as he's gone," I answered. "Of course he will go on being educated every day of his life, same as father. He says it is all rot about 'finishing' your education. You never do. You learn more important things each day.

Tears were a blessing; they were a relief; they did wash the ache from the heart, ease brain strain, and encourage the soul.

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

Sometimes it seems to me that the more we get hurt in this world the decenter it makes us.

But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora. "Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy.