Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

“Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.”

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a gr…”

“Every library should try to complete on something, if it were only the history …”

“A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.”