Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.
If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he is a monster that passes all understanding.
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.