A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificiant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long enough to give it a fair and reasonable chance to do its work.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion and it may not be the truth.

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificant by and by.

Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.

Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.