Then Stars Arise, And The Night Is

Defeat May Be Victory In Disguise.

"do Not Fear! Heaven Is As Near," He Said, "by Water As By Land!"

What Seems To Us But Dim Funeral Tapers May Be Heaven's Distant Lamps.

In Old Age Our Bodies Are Worn-out Instruments, On Which The Soul Tries In Vain To Play The Melodies Of Youth. But Because The Instrument Has Lost Its Strings, Or Is Out Of Tune, It Does Not Follow That The Musician Has Lost His Skill.

I Am Never Indifferent, And Never Pretend To Be, To What People Say Or Think Of My Books. They Are My Children, And I Like To Have Them Liked.