The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

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

It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid.

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.

Few things hold the perception more thoroughly captive than anxiety about what we have got to say

It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.

The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them.