Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.