The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses.

I accept the universe!

Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.

How many persons must there be who cannot worship alone since they are content with so little.

Truth is the nursing mother of genius. No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance without becoming original.