True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.

Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.

Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power.

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!