There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith

Faith is spiritualized imagination

What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles