The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

How impossible it is for strong healthy people to understand the way in which bodily malaise and suffering eats at the root of one's life! The philosophy that is true - the religion that is strength to the healthy - is constantly emptiness to one when the head is distracted and every sensation is oppressive.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

I think there are stores laid up in our human nature that our understandings can make no complete inventory of.

In every parting there is an image of death.

The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops