Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.

If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.

It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Instead of being satisfied to alleviate suffering, we shall labor hard and continually to prevent it.

It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.