In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with keenest joy.

God made the forests, the tiny stars, and the wild winds-and I think that he made them partly as a balance for that kind of civilization that would choke the spirit of joy out of our hearts. He made the great open places for the people who want to be alone with him and talk to him, away from the crowds that kill all reverence. And I think that he is glad at times to have us forget our cares and responsibilities that we may be nearer him-as Jesus was when he crept away into the wilderness to pray.

My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

Broadly speaking, nervous women may be divided into two classes - those who are really nervous, and those who imagine themselves to be so.