Console yourself, dear man and brother; whatever you may be sure of, be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

A great part of human suffering has its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions.

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.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.

The story of any one man's real experience finds its startling parallel in that of every one of us.

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.