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

There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.

The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.

It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.