All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

Experience is only half of experience.

National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.

The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.

To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.

Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.