Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.

People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.