What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.

Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.

The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.

Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.