If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

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.

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature.

God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked; and, as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and find our dear ones in heaven.