Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

All the learnin' my father ever paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and the alphabet at th ' other.

Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.