Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.