All we can do in this world is the thing that seems to us the best. We have no concern with the results, except as a guide for the future, and sometimes, years afterward, we see that what seemed like a bitter loss was, in reality, gain.

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.

the world has been fair cruel if you've never known the love of a dog!

Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors.

It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.

Those who have been made great have first suffered.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.