Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

The mass of men worry themselves into nameless graves while here and there a great unselfish soul forgets himself into immortality.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

A man must be in sympathy with society around him, or else, not wish to be in sympathy with it. If neither of these two, he must be wretched.