Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land.

There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.