. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.

That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned.

Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?