We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.

There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words.

And when, in the evening of life, the golden clouds rest sweetly and invitingly upon the golden mountains, and the light of heaven streams down through the gathering mists of death, I wish you a peaceful and abundant entrance into that world of blessedness, where the great riddle of life will be unfolded to you in the quick consciousness of a soul redeemed and purified.

God gave every man individuality of constitution, and a chance for achieving individuality of character. He puts special instruments into every man's hands by which to make himself and achieve his mission.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.