O, Do Not Pray For Easy Lives.

Charity Should Begin At Home, But Should Not Stay There.

Life Comes Before Literature, As The Material Always Comes Before The Work. The Hills Are Full Of Marble Before The World Blooms With Statues.

The Absence Of Sentimentalism In Christ's Relations With Men Is What Makes His Tenderness So Exquisitely Touching.

Christmas Day Is A Day Of Joy And Charity. May God Make You Very Rich In Both.

Those Who Help A Child Help Humanity With An Immediateness Which No Other Help Given To Human Creature In Any Other Stage Of Human Life Can Possibly Give Again.