I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!

People cannot be molded like clay.

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.