There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

Never excuse yourself.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The deeper men go into life, the deeper is their conviction that this life is not all. It is an unfinished symphony. A day may round out an insect's life, and a bird or a beast needs no tomorrow. Not so with him who knows that he is related to God and has felt the power of an endless life.