“We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.”

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.

And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.

Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

The will to do, the soul to dare.

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

I move a bit slower that is fine because I blossom after I hide.

An endless fire burns within me whispers in my ear and encourages me to grow past what I can see.

You made me uncomfortable, in a good way.

If you can’t help them grow let them flourish alone.

My feet are not rooted in the ground I am able to leave the familiar places I have known I am strong enough to grow.

A beautiful dance, a new breath shedding layers of myself to unearth the truth within.

We dream of roses and grow like weeds.

And now you are the butterfly finally free.