Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life──the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within──can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.

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

People who write finely must not expect to be left in repose; they will be molested with thanks, at least.

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!

I don't feel sure about doing good in any way now; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I don't know.

It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.