I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

Come down here once, and use your eyes, and you will know more than we can teach you.

Friends are discovered rather than made; there are people who are in their own nature friends, only they don't know each other; but certain things, like poetry, music, and paintings are like the Freemason's sign, they reveal the initiated to each other.

Get your evidences of grace by pressing forward to the mark, and not by groping with a lantern after the boundary lines.

It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

Money is a great help everywhere; - can't have too much, if you get it honestly.