No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.

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.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

I laugh at my heart, and do its will

There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.