There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.

The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures of the astronomer.

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.

A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.

Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.