I quote others only in order to better express myself.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.