Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.

Where confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.

The eternal feminine draws us on high.

Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling.