Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.