"Do not fear! Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land!"

And when she was good she was very very good. But when she was bad she was horrid.

The day is done; and slowly from the scene the stooping sun upgathers his spent shafts, and puts them back into his golden quiver!

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.