I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.

I look into your great brown eyes, where love and loyal homage shine, and wonder where the difference lies between your soul and mine!.

The idle man stands outside of God's plan, outside of the ordained scheme of things; and the truest self-respect, the noblest independence, and the most genuine dignity, are not to be found there.

He never said it would be easy, He just said He'd go with me.

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

Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.