The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.

Many true words are spoken in jest.

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

Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls.

We have not to construct human nature afresh, but to take it as we find it, and make the best of it.

The life of action is nobler than the life of thought.

One only "right" we have to assert in common with mankind--and that is as much in our hands as theirs--is the right of having something to do.