Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

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

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

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Some noble spirits mistake despair for content.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

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.