The secret of language is the secret of sympathy, and its full charm is possible only to the gentle

To do your own work well, whether it be for life or death.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is large difference between indolent impatience of labor and intellectual impatience of delay, large difference between leaving things unfinished because we have more to do or because we are satisfied with what we have done.

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.