Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.

If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.

The cold, inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, benumbs your feet, freezes a man like an apple.

The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him.

We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether... The effect of the indulgence of this human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.