Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.

The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us.

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.