There are some things which a man never speaks of, which are much finer kept silent about. To the highest communications we only lend a silent ear.

Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail.

We rarely meet a man who can tell us any news which he has not read in a newspaper, or been told by his neighbor; and, for the most part, the only difference between us and our fellow is that he has seen the newspaper, or been out to tea, and we have not.

I am not afraid that I shall exaggerate the value and significance of life, but that I shall not be up to the occasion which it is.

The heroes and discoverers have found true more than was previously believed, only when they were expecting and dreaming of something more than their contemporaries dreamed of, or even themselves discovered, that is, when they were in a frame of mind fitted to behold the truth. Referred to the world's standard, they are always insane. Even savages have indirectly surmised as much.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.