But, like all happiness, it did not last long.

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

... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

Money is a needful and precious thing