It is the life in literature that acts upon life.

A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.

If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.

Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable.

Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

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