Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?

A moment is a concentrated eternity.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

The virtue of books is to be readable.

Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

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