Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

People cannot be molded like clay.

Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.

In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them.

It's a great comfort to have an artistic sister.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.