Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.
Our moods do not believe in each other.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.
The most active lives have so much routine as to preclude progress almost equally with the most inactive.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look,begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!