One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices all around them--the soft singing of the waters, the wisperings of the river grass, the music of the rushing wind--should not have taught them a truer meaning of life than this. They listened there, through the long days, in silence, waiting for a voice from heaven; and all day long and through the solemn night it spoke to them in myriad tones, and they heard it not.

It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles.

Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.