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.

The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen.

See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Remembrances last longer than present realities.

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.

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