A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much.

Religion is as effectively destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.