Sentimentalists are they who seek to enjoy without incurring the Immense Debtorship for a thing done.
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
Poetry is talking on tiptoe.
Faith works miracles. At least it allows time for them.
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.