Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory.

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which makes me suspect that we hear too much of it in literature.

I know what happiness is, for I have done good work.

A man finds he has been wrong at every stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.

I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.