Fear is the parent of cruelty.

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

If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

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.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.