It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.

It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.

Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot but regard as a being amiable without meaning it.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

It is a wonderful subduer-this need of love, this hunger of the heart.

Awful Night! Ancestral mystery of mysteries.

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.