Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.

Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.

There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.

Life grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it; and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.

America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.