“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.”

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”

“Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.”

“Every heart has its secret sorrows which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.”

“Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;But to act, that each tomorrowFind us farther than today.”

“Look, then, into thine heart, and write!Yes, into Life's deep stream!All forms of sorrow and delight,All solemn Voices of the Night,That can soothe thee, or affright, -Be these henceforth thy theme.(excerpt from "Voices of the Night")”

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.”