How happy he who can still hope to lift himself from this sea of error! What we know not, that we are anxious to possess, and cannot use what we know.

He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.