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

I dislike an eye that twinkles like a star. Those only are beautiful which, like the planets, have a steady lambent light, are luminous, but not sparkling.

Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

The foods that prolong life and increase purity, vigour, health, cheerfulness, and happiness are those that are delicious, soothing, substantial and agreeable... Foods that are bitter, sour, salt, over-hot, pungent, dry and burning produce unhappiness, repentance and disease.

Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.