I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.
It's a great life, if you don't weaken.
Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.
Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.
I would have been content with any job however thankless, in any quarter however remote, if I had a chance of making a corner of the desert blossom and the solitary place glad.