there is nothing so absolute as the tyranny of weakness.

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

A true test of friendship, to sit or walk with a friend for an hour in perfect silence , without wearying of one another's company.

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.

When the ship is going down we trouble ourselves little enough about the style of the cabin furniture.

never was there a thoroughly noble nature without some romance in it.

If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with many voluminous authors.