We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson.
Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.
Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty — it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing.