I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?