Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years. — Henry Ward Beecher. American clergyman and abolitionist (1813–1887)
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.