No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.

Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.

We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive and proud mind is cold and obscure in style. An affectionate and imaginative nature pours out luxuriantly, and blossoms all over with ornament.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.