So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.