The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun

The parent is low, who having children, truly feels bored.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, w

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.