Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.