It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses..

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away..

The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature..

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight..

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume..

One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as i….

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners..

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed..

The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is….

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love..

A lamp is lit in woman's eye; that souls, else lost on earth, remember angels by..

It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought..

He who binds His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven..

Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftenti….

Nature has thrown a veil of modest beauty over maidenhood and moss-roses..

They are all up — the innumerable stars— And hold their place in heaven. ... There they stand, Shining in order, like a living hymn Written in li….

The value of life deepens incalculably with the privileges of travel..

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks ….

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence..

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun..

If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love..