The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.

As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.