Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.

As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.

As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.