For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present

How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.