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

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.

Youth should be a savings bank.

Prayer has a right to the word "ineffable." It is an hour of outpourings which words cannot express,--of that interior speech which we do not articulate, even when we employ it.

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

He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.