Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.

Prayer is a long rope with a strong hold.

The longest day must have its close — the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day.

It is always our treasure that the lightning strikes.

Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.

intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.