You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.