Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.
In women everything is heart, even the head.
Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.
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.