"What the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending."

"We live, but a world has passed away With the years that perished to make us men."

"The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment."

"The life of Christ, it wasn't only in healing the sick and going about to do good; it was suffering for the sins of o…"

"Lord, for the erring thought Not into evil wrought: Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed and baffled still: For the hea…"

"And before you know me gone Eternity and I are one."

"Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurks a cruel bee that st…"

"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence [...]"

"Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it…"

"An artistic atmosphere does not create artists a literary atmosphere does not create literators; poets and painters s…"