Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.