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.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon things they spend all their efforts to hide. Fair as the exterior may be, if you go in, you will find bare places, heaps of rubbish that can never be taken away, cold hearths, desolate altars, and windows veiled with cobwebs.

Marriage is the cold potato of love.

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.

Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.