Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.

Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.

For those who love... time is eternity.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.

Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.