Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it, and thus to know anything you must know all.

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

We are all sentenced to capital punishment for the crime of living, and though the condemned cell of our earthly existence is but a narrow and bare dwelling-place, we have adjusted ourselves to it, and made it tolerably comfortable for the little while we are to be confined in it.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.