Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.

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

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.