What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Brothers are so unpleasant.

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.

Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow.

Say "I love you" to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.