Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them.

Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion.

There is a realm where the rainbow never fades

Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.