Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.