“We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.”
God“All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.”
Dad“We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.”
God“Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.”
Death“There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.”
Jealousy“When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.”
Great“We must not sit still and look for miracles up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.”
Faith“Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.”
Truth“The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.”
Best“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
Nature“I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.”
Future“Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.”
Anger“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.”
Freedom“Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.”
Travel“In every parting there is an image of death.”
Death“The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.”
Best“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.”
Pet“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
Great“When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.”
Death“All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.”
Dad“Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.”
Knowledge“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”
Men