When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead,--dead in trespasses and sin of blear-eyed vanity.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.

Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.

Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.