Now, after these things were done, the Pharaoh and his Queen drove through the hosts of Egypt in their golden chariot, and received the homage of the hosts ere they departed northwards for Thebes. At nightfall they returned again and sat side by side at the marriage feast, and once more Tua swept her harp of ivory and gold, and sang the ancient song of him who dared much for love, and won the prize.

It is curious to look back and realize upon what trivial and apparently coincidental circumstances great events frequently turn as easily and naturally as a door on its hinges.

And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance but bitter memories of what might have been.

Truly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last.

Ah! If man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation.

It is not wise to neglect the present for the future, for who knows what the future will be?

Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth.