You cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself

Quotation confesses inferiority.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.

We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.