The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.