“It is by faith that poetry as well as devotion soars above this dull earth that imagination breaks through its clouds breathes a purer air and lives in a softer light.”

“A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.”

“If the poor man cannot always get meat the rich man cannot always digest it.”

“It is by faith that poetry as well as devotion soars above this dull earth that imagination breaks through its clouds breathes a purer air and lives in a softer light.”

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”

“Even if the heavy cloud fails to bring heavy rainfall, it cools the atmosphere”

“And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cov...”