The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away.

Love is a bodily shape; and Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as flowers are the animate springtide.

Something the heart must have to cherish, Must love and joy and sorrow learn; Something with passion clasp, or perish And in itself to ashes burn.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.