Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

The movements of the eyes express the perpetual and unconscious courtesy of the parties.

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

Such is the never-failing beauty and accuracy of language, the most perfect art in the world; the chisel of a thousand years retouches it.

That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned.