“The essential and unbounded mercy of my Creator is the foundation of my hope, and a broader and surer the universe cannot give me”

“We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death”

“The great hope of society is in individual character”

“To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably”

“For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, and hope and fear, believe the aged friend, is just a chance o' the prize of learning love”

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”