Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.

Wise men are not wise at all times.

A great man is always willing to be little.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.

Really, all things and persons are related to us, but according to our nature, they act on us not at once, but in succession, andwe are made aware of their presence one at a time. All persons, all things which we have known, are here present, and many more than we see; the world is full.