There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses.

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.

Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.

The eternal female draws us onward.

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.