It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.

It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.

Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.