To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
A bird in a cage is not half a bird.
A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.
It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.
Good-humor makes all things tolerable
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.