A demoness is helpless when held by her hair.

Then it is not uncommon for a man to become lost in a single letter, or hear a voice rise up from the silent page.

For the words of a vow are sacred not only among men and the angels, but among the demons as well.

Every snowflake is unique, yet they are each perfect.

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not- Enjoy life, ere it grow colder- Pluck the roses ere they rot.

Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.

Work is what you do so that sometime you won't have to do it anymore.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less. If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God.

We can't see and we can't reach the frontiers of our ignorance; we can only approach to it by extending our knowledge.

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.