My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament.

The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.