We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.

There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye.