And every day when I've been good, I get an orange after food.

You seem to me to be a pretty lucky young man; keep your eyes open to your mercies. That part of piety is eternal; and the man who forgets to be grateful has fallen asleep in life.

The spirit of delight comes in small ways.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Really don't choose every day from the harvest you experience but from the seeds you plant

If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also.

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.