Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.

Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.

the less you respect, the less respectable you are; the less you honor, the less in you is to be honored. There are those 'whom not to know argues one's self unknown,' so if you have no reverence in a world where there is so much that is noble and venerable, then there will be something terrible lacking in your own character.

true courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed.

little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change, and must always deal with twenty-dollar bills; while the small change mounts up to the great sum in a lifetime.

Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.

as all clocks need winding, so all human brains and bodies need to be wound up by sleeping.