But if, indeed, there be a nobler life in us than in these strangely moving atoms; if, indeed, there is an eternal difference between the fire which inhabits them, and that which animates us,--it must be shown, by each of us in his appointed place, not merely in the patience, but in the activity of our hope, not merely by our desire, but our labor, for the time when the dust of the generations of men shall be confirmed for foundations of the gates of the city of God.

I know well that happiness is in little things.

As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.

Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie.

Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy.

The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.