A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though calamities have crossed thee, and misery been heaped on thy head, Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly made thee wretched.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.

Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.

Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.

Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."