Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones.

October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.