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.

We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.

No man ever learned to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, in a day.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.