It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves.

I am weary of your quarrels, Weary of your wars and bloodshed, Weary of your prayers for vengeance, Of your wranglings and dissensions

To be infatuated with the power of one's own intellect is an accident which seldom happens but to those who are remarkable for the want of intellectual power. Whenever Nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

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

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest.