“ Where thou art, that is home. ”

“ They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. ”

“ Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. ”

“ God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally. ”

“ How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! ”

“ That it will never come again is what makes life sweet. ”

“ If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. ”

“ Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. ”

“ Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon. ”

“ Tell the truth, but tell it slant. ”