Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God, our conscience, and ourselves. Tears, grieves, depressions, disappointments, irritations, good and evil thoughts, decisions, uncertainties, deliberations --all these belong to our secret, and are almost all incommunicable and intransmissible, even when we try to speak of them, and even when we write them down.

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.

Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.