Some people are proud of their humility.

Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousand-fold.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

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

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by grown people . . . is a fertile source of suffering.