God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

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

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but everybody in the neighborhood has to know about them.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.