In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician had touched the heavens and the earth, the dark clouds melt into the air, the wind falls, and serenity succeeds the storm. The causes which produce these changes may have been long at work within us, but the changes themselves are instantaneous, and apparently without sufficient cause.

There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.