The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.

I think any hardship is better than pretending to do what one is paid for, and never really doing it.

He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Well, well, my boy, if good luck knocks at your door, don't you put your head out at window and tell it to be gone about its business, that's all.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.