No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.

Let every birthday be a festival, a time when the gladness of the house finds expression in flowers, in gifts, in a little fête. Never should a birthday be passed over without note, or as if it were a common day, never should it cease to be a garlanded milestone in the road of life.

A letter is the most imperishable thing on earth.

My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect.

Self-complacen cy is fatal to progress.

One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.