we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

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

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

Money was their God; work their religion.

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

There never was a moment in my life, when I felt so in the Presence, as I do now. I feel as if the Almighty were so real, and so near, that I could reach out and touch Him, as I could this wonderful work of His, if I dared. I feel like saying to Him: 'To the extent of my brain power I realize Your presence, and all it is in me to comprehend of Your power. Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.