It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought.

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

The soul of man createth its own destiny of power; and as the trial is intenser here, his being hath a nobler strength in heaven.

O, when the heart is, full, when bitter thoughts come crowding thickly up for utterance, and the poor common words of courtesy are such a very mockery, how much the bursting heart may pour itself in prayer!

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.

T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.