We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.

That tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms on it than it now bears. That tree grows new wood each year. Like that apple tree, I try to grow a new little wood each year.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Home-keeping hearts are the happiest, For those that wander they know not where Are full of trouble and full of care; To stay at home is best.

The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.