It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

I could not without vile hypocrisy and a miserable truckling to the smile of the world ... profess to join in worship which I wholly disapprove.

Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.

Those only can thoroughly feel the meaning of death who know what is perfect love.

The sweetest of all success is that which one wins by hard exertion.