Mastery is often taken for egotism.

Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.