The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.