Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.

The heart and hand of those who always mete out become callous from always meting out.

Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!

It is inhuman to bless where one is cursed.

Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide!

Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.