Even the facts of science may dust the mind by their dryness, unless they are ... rendered fertile by the dews of fresh and living truth. Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

I know of no redeeming qualities in myself but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I fall back on to this ground.

Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present.

Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor.

I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring.