I am not magnanimous enough to like people who speak to me without seeming to see me

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

Lord! Thou art with Thy people still; they see Thee in the night-watches, and their hearts burn within them as Thou talkest with them by the way. And Thou art near to those that have not known Thee; open their eyes that they may see Thee--see Thee weeping over them, and saying, "Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life"--see Thee hanging on the cross and saying, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"--see Thee as Thou wilt come again in Thy glory to judge them at the last. Amen.

I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than a woman, unless it's bearing children, and they do that in a poor make-shift way; it had better ha been left to the men.

The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

Every year strips us of at least one vain expectation, and teaches us to reckon some solid good in its stead.