He strains his conversation through a cigar.

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.

A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.