A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.

The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity

In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural thing in the world, and grew out of the circumstances of the moment.

A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion.