Man cannot choose his duties.

It’s rather a strong check to one’s self-complacency to find how much of one’s right doing depends on not being in want of money.

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.

Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

Say "I love you" to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.