When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.

The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.

These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.