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

“To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.”

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

“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”

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

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

“There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.”