The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.

No man can feel the iron which enters another man's soul.

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.