True art is reverent imitation of God.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.