... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation.

Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.