There are in this world two kinds of natures, - those that have wings, and those that have feet, - the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.

the delicacy that respects a friend's silence is one of the charms of life.

The number of those men who know how to use wholly irresponsible power humanely and generously is small. Everybody knows this, and the slave knows it best of all.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The ship, built on one element, but designed to have its life in another, seemed an image of the soul, formed and fashioned with many a weary hammer-stroke in this life, but finding its true element only when it sails out into the ocean of eternity.

Can anybody tell what sorrows are locked up with our best affections, or what pain may be associated with every pleasure?