Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

Every newly discovered truth judges the world, separates the good from the evil, and calls on faithful souls to make sure of their election.

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.