When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.

when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Silence always gives consent.