trouble always seems heavier when it is only one's thought and not one's bodily activity that is employed about it.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.