Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.

Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.

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

They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven.