Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.

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.

Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.