Ethics, as has been well said, are the finest fruits of humanity, but they are not its roots

It is astonishing what a lot of odd minutes one can catch during the day, if one really sets about it.

Many true words are spoken in jest.

Those whose own light is quenched are often the light-bringers.

There are no judgments so harsh as those of the erring, the inexperienced, and the young.

Keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

... what a fatal thing in pictures, books, or human lives, is a lack of proportion.