Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.

It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.