Little works, little thoughts, little loves, little prayers for little Christians, and larger and larger as the years grow.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

Purpose is what gives life meaning.

Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.

All true manliness grows around a core of divineness.

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Virtue is safe only when it is inspired.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

Laws of Nature are God's thoughts thinking themselves out in the orbs and the tides.

I would give anything to have that memory back--to see what it was like between us when we loved each other enough to believe it was forever.

Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth.

A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.

We are the New York Yankees

Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you

Though truth and falsehood be Near twins, yet truth a little elder is.

Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them.

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.

I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flavour and you get into their little nuances.

But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.