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.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

Love is the world's river of life

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.