We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

For when is the child the ideal child in our eyes and to our hearts? Is it not when with gentle hand he takes his father by the beard, and turns that father's face up to his brothers and sisters to kiss? when even the lovely selfishness of love-seeking has vanished, and the heart is absorbed in loving?

I only know when I don't know a thing. My uncle has taught me that wisdom lies in that.

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life we owe to the intermingled sorrows. Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths, although deepest truth must be deepest joy.