The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

There are those to whom a sense of religion has come in storm and tempest; there are those whom it has summoned amid scenes of revelry and idle vanity; there are those, too, who have heard its "still small voice" amid rural leisure and placid retirement. But perhaps the knowledge which causeth not to err is most frequently impressed upon the mind during the season of affliction.

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

True love's the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?