Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.

The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity.

A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts." —WORDSWORTH.

No anguish I have had to bear on your account has been too heavy a price to pay for the new life into which I have entered in loving you.

Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

To fear the examination of any proposition apears to me an intellectual and a moral palsy that will ever hinder the firm grasping of any substance whatever.