The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.

The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

Our passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes.

The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.