Life in us is like the water in a river.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers,which, however, I did not promise to do.Yesterday, Sunday, she was heard through the partitionshouting to my Aunt Jane, who is deaf, 'Think of it!He stood half an hour today to hear the frogs croak,and he wouldn't read the life of Chalmers.'

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour