It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.