Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.