Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.

The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.