To assimilate blindfold will sooner or later end in poisoning

She has been taught to hold herself in, and not to show her feelings; and that, I think, is as much a drawback sometimes as wearing the heart upon the sleeve.

It is strange, sometimes, to find that some silent old lady has a power for sounding human character, which far shrewder persons lack.

"Praise the , and love His creatures, birds and beasts as well as men." Sweet Saint of , would that he were here again!

Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light, and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement.

I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons, is a Divine instinct.

Surely the King of Love needed no herald when Himself was here.