He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?

Dreams are sacred future events. It can be either a fate or a warning.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes.

This town needs an enema!

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.

If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correction, and they can't be equipped for good works.

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.