Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty.

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

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

One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.

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.