The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

To be happy is not the purpose for which you are placed in this world.

Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.