Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

The food of hope is meditative action.

Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever? - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.

Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect.

People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.