To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.
... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.
Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.
I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.
It is a wonderful subduer-this need of love, this hunger of the heart.
A good horse makes short miles.