Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.

No man has ever had a point of pride that was not injurious to him.

Perhaps love is only the highest symbol of friendship, as all other things seem symbols of love.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man and his virtues.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

Nature is a frugal mother, and never gives without measure. When she has work to do, she qualifies men for that and sends them equipped.