“A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend ”

“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace”

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them ”

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ”

“A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes”