Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!

Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season.

Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.